Farm-gate



(No Model.)

T. A. -TWEEDY- FARM GATE. No. 409,716. Patented Aug. 27, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. TVEEDY, OF KNIGHTSTOVN, INDIANA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,716, dated August27, 1889.

Application filed April 4, 1889. Serial No. 305,983. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be itknown that I, THOMAS A. TWEEDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knightstown, in the county of Henry and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Farm-Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in farm-gates, and has for itsobject the construction of a gate easily moved back and forth and easilyraised or lowered to regulate the passage of stock under same. I attainthese objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure I is a front view of the gate, posts, support, andother parts. Fig. II is aview of the support for gate, with rollersattached to one of the posts. Fig. III is a transverse section of gatethrough the middle upright D, showing mode of attachment of slats ofgate. Fig. IV is a perspective ot' the gate-support in position on anenlarged scale.

The same letters are used for the same parts throughout the severaliigures.

A and B represent two ordinary gateposts-one at each end of passway.

C, D, and E are the uprights of the gate, to which are att-ached bynails or bolts the horizontal slats F G H I J K. These slats haveinterposed between each of them and the middle upright D the blocks V,WV, X, X', X2, and Y. The blocks X X X2 extend from top edge of slats HI J, respectively, only halfway down the width of the slat, leaving aspace between the slats and the upright D for the passage of the gateover the upward projection of the support Q as gate is moved back and'forth. The left-hand ends of the several slats extend beyond the uprightC a distance of about three inches, and the slats I, J, and H havenotches P P2, and Pin their lower edges near the end, so that when oneof these slats is in staple N the notch rests on the lower bearing ofthe staple when the gate is closed, the slat passing between the postand the face of the staple, which is driven into the front face of vtheleft post at the proper height and serves as a latch. The slat H or theslat I or the slat J may rest in the staple N, according as the gate islowered or raised, and the other end of the same slat rests on roller Sof support Q, and is hindered from being lifted out of said support, andby the movable pin T, inserted in post B.

If it is desired to raise the gate so that hogs or sheep or other smallstock may pass under the gate when closed, the pin Tis withdrawn. Theslat that rests in the staple N is Withdrawn from the staple, and thewhole gate is lifted up, and the slat J, for example, is placed in thesupport Q, resting upon the roller S, and the lett end of the same slatis placed in the staple N and the gate remains suspended above theground.

O is a foot, which is held in place by staples L M, attached to theslats I and K of the gate, and is held from sliding up and down by pinsZ Z. This foot is placed so as to support the gate when open at whateverheight it may be above the ground, which is effected by removing thepins Z Z and sliding the foot down or up, as may be required, to itsproper place and reinserting the pins, so that one shall be above andthe other under one of the slats of the gate.

The support is made of rod-iron of suitable size, bent into propershape, with ya point projecting upward about three inches, and adownward projection R', provided with an eye, and so bent as to standout from the post at the point of support a proper distance to the leftand in front, so as to allow the gate to move freely and easily parallelwith either of said faces of post B. It is fastened to the left face ofpost B at the eye by a squareheaded wood bolt or screw a a. At theupward-projecting point of the support@ the v rod forming the supportisbent twice at short right angles and passes down upon itself about threeinches, is then bent at right angles to the right, so as to occupy ahorizontal position, and has slipped on it a cast-iron roller R, abouttwo inches long and of about same diameter. The rod is bent again atright angles in the direction toward the post and horizontally, andanother cast-iron roller of about same size as the one just described Sis slipped onto this part of the rod, and then the rod is bent at rightangles at end of roller IOOv S, neXt the post, upward and parallel withthe face of the post about four inches, then is bent at right angleshorizontally across the face of the post, and again, the point beingsharpened, is bent at right angles to be in position to drive into thefront face of post, and is driven into the post, or may pass through itand be fastened with a nut.

To operate the gate, lift its left end so as to free the notch in theslatV from staple N; Slide it to the right on the rollerS till halfwayopen, and then turn it across the passway, or at right angles to itsforlner position, when it will rest on roller R parallel with the leftface of post B and against said post, or withdra-w pin T from the postand lift the gate out of its support and set it on one side out of theway. The gate may be pushed back its full length in line with passway,or half-way and then turned as above, as may be desired.

I ain aware that sliding gates working on rollers have been in use, andI do not claim a sliding or rolling gate, broadly; but

What Ido claim as inyinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. In combination witha farm-gate, the support Q, having rollers R S, anupward projection for holding the gate in place, a downward projectionfor attachment to the post,

'an upward angle on the face of the post,

with a point for driving into the post to secure the support n place,the pin T, the foot O, with pins Z and Z kept in position by staples LM, the half-blocks X X X2, interposed between the slats of the gate andthe middle upright, so as to allow a passway for support Q, and thestaple N and notched slats H l J,

THOMAS A. TWEEDY.

Witnesses:

J. T. DUNCAN, O. L. RISK.

